Clothes-drier.



No. 6801309. Patented Aug. I3, |901. M. B AssETT.

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(Application led Dec. 13, 1900.)

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CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,309, dated August13, 1901.

A Application filed December 13, 1900. Serial No. 39,724. (No model.)

'declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will ena-ble others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to clothes-driers. The object of the invention isto provide a device of this character comprising trackcables which areadapted to be suitably supported above the ground, with their inner endsinclose proximity to the wash-house or other building and their outerends extending any desired distance therefrom, and to mount upon thistrack a carriage supporting a rotatable clothes-rack, whereby after theclothes have been hung upon the rack the carriage may be moved along thetrack any desired distance in the yard and the clothes be permitted todry, and after they have been dried the carriage may be moved back tothe opposite end of the track-cables and the clothes may beexpeditiously removed therefrom and placed into a basket or otherreceptacle, the rotary rack being convenient when it is necessary tomove the basket from point to point under the rack, for by reason of itsrotation after the clothes have been removed froin one side of the rackit may be rotated to the other side over the basket, and so on until theclothes have been removed.

'With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of cont struction and combination of parts, which will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis i a perspective view showingthe clothes-drier in position for use; and Fig. 2 is a transverse;

bars 7 7', between which cross-bars are journaled track-rollers S,adapted to travel on said track. Removable pins 9 are inserted throughthe bars 7 7 and preventsaid rollers from jumping the track. Secured tothe longitudinal side pieces 5, intermediate their ends, is across-piece 10, having a central aperture l1.

12 denotes the rack, which consists of the plates 13, radiating arms 14,secured between the same and provided with hanging ropes or wires 15, towhich the wash is adapted to be attached, and a disk 1G. A stud-shaft17eX- tends through the plates, radiating arms, and disk and through theintermediate crosspiece 10 and acts as a pivot-post or axis upon whichthe rack is adapted to turn. A cotterpin 18 is inserted through theupper end of the stud-shaft and when disengaged from said shaft permitsthe separation of the rack from the carriage.

After the wash has been hung upon the rack should it be desired to lockthe rack against rotation, so that it will not be swung or swept aroundby strong breezes or gusts of air, I may provide any desirable means. Asshown in the drawings, the means consists of a pin 19, which is insertedthrough an aperture 20, formed in the cross-piece 10, and an aperture21, formed in the disk. To increase the holding capacity of the drier, Imay provide the carriage with vertical posts 22 and string from the endsof said posts a line 23, upon which the wash may be hung.

The clothes may be quickly hung upon the rack without the necessity ofwalking around the same, thus saving much time and labor. After thecarriage has been moved to the desired position on its track-cables andthe wash has been dried the carriage may be returned and the wash easilyand quickly removed therefrom.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood Without requiring an extendedexplanation. The device is exceedingly useful for the'purpose for whichit is designed and may be placed upon the market at a comparativelysmall cost.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

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and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention.

5 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination With suitably-supported cables, of a carriage mounted toltravel upon 1o said cables and provided with a centrallydisposedcross-bar formed With an aperture,

:t rack consisting of radial arms and plates to which seid arms aresecured, n disk carried by the uppermost plate, seid disk and inter- 15mediate cross-bar being provided with en ap- MILES BASSETT.

/Vitnesses:

J. E. CAGE, W. Tf. MERRELL.

